diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 0613421e09e7..f04935722457 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -548,48 +548,48 @@ static bool shmem_confirm_swap(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 static int shmem_huge __read_mostly = SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER;
 
-static bool __shmem_huge_global_enabled(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
-					loff_t write_end, bool shmem_huge_force,
-					struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-					unsigned long vm_flags)
+static unsigned int __shmem_huge_global_enabled(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
+						loff_t write_end, bool shmem_huge_force,
+						struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+						unsigned long vm_flags)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma ? vma->vm_mm : NULL;
 	loff_t i_size;
 
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
-		return false;
+		return 0;
 	if (mm && ((vm_flags & VM_NOHUGEPAGE) || test_bit(MMF_DISABLE_THP, &mm->flags)))
-		return false;
+		return 0;
 	if (shmem_huge == SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
-		return false;
+		return 0;
 	if (shmem_huge_force || shmem_huge == SHMEM_HUGE_FORCE)
-		return true;
+		return BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
 
 	switch (SHMEM_SB(inode->i_sb)->huge) {
 	case SHMEM_HUGE_ALWAYS:
-		return true;
+		return BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
 	case SHMEM_HUGE_WITHIN_SIZE:
 		index = round_up(index + 1, HPAGE_PMD_NR);
 		i_size = max(write_end, i_size_read(inode));
 		i_size = round_up(i_size, PAGE_SIZE);
 		if (i_size >> PAGE_SHIFT >= index)
-			return true;
+			return BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
 		fallthrough;
 	case SHMEM_HUGE_ADVISE:
 		if (mm && (vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE))
-			return true;
+			return BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
 		fallthrough;
 	default:
-		return false;
+		return 0;
 	}
 }
 
-static bool shmem_huge_global_enabled(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
+static unsigned int shmem_huge_global_enabled(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 		   loff_t write_end, bool shmem_huge_force,
 		   struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm_flags)
 {
 	if (HPAGE_PMD_ORDER > MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER)
-		return false;
+		return 0;
 
 	return __shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, index, write_end,
 					   shmem_huge_force, vma, vm_flags);
@@ -771,11 +771,11 @@ static unsigned long shmem_unused_huge_shrink(struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool shmem_huge_global_enabled(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
+static unsigned int shmem_huge_global_enabled(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 		loff_t write_end, bool shmem_huge_force,
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm_flags)
 {
-	return false;
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
@@ -1170,7 +1170,8 @@ static int shmem_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 	generic_fillattr(idmap, request_mask, inode, stat);
 	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
 
-	if (shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, 0, 0, false, NULL, 0))
+	if (shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, 0, 0, false, NULL, 0) ==
+	    BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER))
 		stat->blksize = HPAGE_PMD_SIZE;
 
 	if (request_mask & STATX_BTIME) {
@@ -1679,7 +1680,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
 	unsigned long mask = READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_always);
 	unsigned long within_size_orders = READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_within_size);
 	unsigned long vm_flags = vma ? vma->vm_flags : 0;
-	bool global_huge;
+	unsigned int global_order;
 	loff_t i_size;
 	int order;
 
@@ -1691,14 +1692,14 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
 	if (transparent_hugepage_flags & (1 << TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_UNSUPPORTED))
 		return 0;
 
-	global_huge = shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, index, write_end,
+	global_order = shmem_huge_global_enabled(inode, index, write_end,
 					shmem_huge_force, vma, vm_flags);
 	if (!vma || !vma_is_anon_shmem(vma)) {
 		/*
 		 * For tmpfs, we now only support PMD sized THP if huge page
 		 * is enabled, otherwise fallback to order 0.
 		 */
-		return global_huge ? BIT(HPAGE_PMD_ORDER) : 0;
+		return global_order;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1731,7 +1732,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_allowable_huge_orders(struct inode *inode,
 	if (vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE)
 		mask |= READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_madvise);
 
-	if (global_huge)
+	if (global_order > 0)
 		mask |= READ_ONCE(huge_shmem_orders_inherit);
 
 	return THP_ORDERS_ALL_FILE_DEFAULT & mask;
